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As the above paragraph suggests, this has real strengths as a reference book. However, I rather struggled to engage with it because it's so incredibly dry. Compared to the other book in this series I've read, [[The Classic Guide to Famous Assassinations (Classic Guides) by Sarah Herman]], which had me hooked really quickly, this suffers from stilted language and a lack of any emotion. (I've been trying to decide if that's a fair criticism of a reference book, and I think it will probably depend on the individual reader. Personally, I felt that reading about Lancelot and Guinevere's love affair and the treachery of Mordred, amongst other famous stories, lost a fair amount of impact due to the rather weak language used to describe them. Other opinions may well vary!) I was also disappointed that the folklore section, placing one of England's most famous legends in the context of basic plots and of the need for heroes, lasted a scant six pages as there seemed to be much more that could be said about it.

Overall, this is certainly worth looking at if you want to know all of the details about the story of Arthur, even if the pedestrian style makes it harder to recommend in general.

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